At the beginning of the week, the Japanese manufacturer Joetsu Electronic Industries posted on Twitter asking gamers to retweet in order to express their interest in a PS Vita 1000 version of their PS Vita 2000-only accessory that adds L2 and R2 triggers for PS4 remote play. They also mentioned that they would consider the whole week as a reference period.
Today they posted the results of the experiment.
If you want to enjoy PS4 remote play on PS Vita 1000 but the R2 and L2 triggers are mapped to the front touch screen, a Japanese manufacturer wants to help.
This is for people who already have one and want to use it for PS4 remote play more comfortably.
I kept mine just for remote play until I realised I could run the remote play app on iOS and connect DS4 to different account. I prefer this 100% over small, akward controls, low resolution and jittery PS Vita remote play.
Vita is certainly not dead there are a lot of homebrew games that aren't that bad either. Also there are few official games still coming.
It's been dead for years, in terms of popularity, range of games, importance to the company making it, etc. Yes, it had support, but so did the Dreamcast and look how that ended up.
Vita was dead the moment Sony couldn't be bothered to show it at E3, or maybe even before that.
Could have had L2/R2 that, when you were done with the device, could lock into a pressed down position as to remain easily portable and stored in a case. Yes mechanical parts aren't always the strongest, but it's at least trying.
To me Psvita was to much of a compromise! It should have had a bigger screen and it should have had L2 R2 together with real sticks. They should have ditched the ide of having a old school easy, small mobile device. Tablets had allready been on the market for a while and switch later on proved that people dont want to compromise. Give us a console experience on the go!
This was one thing that I was really upset with the PS Vita. One of the drawing point of the vita was remote play. But the design of the vita was really crappy for remote play. PSVita would have been a lot more successful if The controls were easier to use for remote play PS4 games.
Best way to enjoy remote play is on your smartphone with a dualshock4 attached to it imo.
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I imported one of these for my Vita when they were doing a limited run of 1000 model ones. Can't imagine there would be much market for it outside of Japan these days
Previously hard to find accessories for PS Vita 1000 and 2000 adding R2 and L2 triggers for more comfortable PS4 remote play will be sold in the United States directly by the manufacturer.
This is what I like to see. Gonna try to get an order in once I get more money
I only saw listing for the ps vita 2000...... I found a couple for the 1000 from resellers but nothing official.
PS4 remote play on PS Vita was a heavily advertised feature when it first was announced, but it's under-utilized due to the awkwardness of having relevant controls on the back and front touch panels of Sony's portable console, which makes games like shooters quite uncomfortable to play.
I love the vita and since before it was released i said that they should have had L1,L2,R1,R2 triggers on it and didnt need L3,R3. It would have been simple to add those buttons either on the backside and beside the touchpad or next to rhe two teigger buttons at top.
Yep using the L3 and R3 for the back touchpad would be similar to how the xbox elite controller can be reconfigured to use the paddles, and similar finger positioning when holding the vita. The touchpad was surprisingly responsive and effective to run in killzone mercenary.
This is pretty badass. Just goes to show the success of the vita in Japan and how they're still coming up with accessories for it. I want to get one!
vita needed L2 R2 to begin with.. IDK why they omitted such essential triggers.. I hate add on gimmicks that dont feel natural to the system
PSVita is not the best way to remote play any more. You can use the fully functional DualShock 4 with both PC and Mac. If that's too cumbersome, you can remote play on Xperia Tablets mounted to the controller with an inexpensive bracket - and it's still relatively portable. Vita should be a last ditch option for remote play IMHO.
I'd buy the hell out of it...
I'd love to replay the MGS collection with these triggers.
finally a attachment for L2-R2 triggers hate using the back touch pad for it always accidentally hit it or i had trouble hitting it to register that i touch the L2-R2 button. Specially for remote play games.
Id buy it. Im sure Sony watches this kinda stuff with great interest. The data should be useful to them for a successor. I will support it to show we want these features.
Will it work for vita games or just remote play?